diff --git a/package/proftpd/proftpd.hash b/package/proftpd/proftpd.hash
index 482534fb1c..9ec632884c 100644
--- a/package/proftpd/proftpd.hash
+++ b/package/proftpd/proftpd.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  4a5f13b666226813b4da0ade34535d325e204ab16cf8008c7353b1b5a972f74b  proftpd-1.3.9.tar.gz
+sha256  bc3c7c47033ecff29f010efc18315d5906eb942d2e673ebce0138a96f11af0b4  proftpd-1.3.9a.tar.gz
 sha256  391a473d755c29b5326fb726326ff3c37e42512f53a8f5789fc310232150bf80  COPYING
diff --git a/package/proftpd/proftpd.mk b/package/proftpd/proftpd.mk
index a30c46ee27..ba026f5dd1 100644
--- a/package/proftpd/proftpd.mk
+++ b/package/proftpd/proftpd.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PROFTPD_VERSION = 1.3.9
+PROFTPD_VERSION = 1.3.9a
 PROFTPD_SITE = https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/archive/v$(PROFTPD_VERSION)
 PROFTPD_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 PROFTPD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING